What the Nets are focused on adding after watching their crosstown rivals win it all By Brian Lewis Published June 30, 2026, 6:40 a.m. ET Julius Randle will return to New York next season, but this time as a member of the Nets. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post The Nets may finally be getting the picture. And that picture is power.
After the Nets spent season after season drafting waifish willows, the NBA playoffs increasingly have been dominated by strength, force and physicality. The rugged crosstown rival Knicks rode those bully-ball traits to a championship.
It took years, but the Nets finally got the memo — and have made a concerted effort to get bigger and bulkier this offseason, first trading lithe center Nic Claxton for burly forward Julius Randle last Monday, then drafting similarly-built Joshua Jefferson in the first round one night later.
Can they go from being light in the ass to being able to play booty ball?
